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GPs do not have the time to conduct proper psychiatric interviews and rely too heavily on questionnaires.

by Henry Bodkin 21 May 2017 • 10:00pm Depression is being overdiagnosed because GPs are too reliant on a “basic” questionnaire designed by a pharmaceutical company which also manufacturers psychiatric…

May 22, 2017

Treating Depression Often Lies In A Gray Zone – From Pills To Psychotherapy

Treating Depression Often Lies In A Gray Zone – From Pills To Psychotherapy By Nathaniel Morris, November 25, 2017 – Depression afflicts an estimated 16 million Americans every year, many of whom go to…

December 1, 2017

S.A.D., Seasonal Affective Disorder
Ways to Eliminate S.A.D. This Season
November 17, 2018 /

Seasonal Affective Disorder. Darker and colder days are upon us! So many of us will be spending our days in an office, not noticing that we soon will be suffering from S.A.D., a condition that can cause a long list of maladies including: depression, anxiety, insomnia and weight loss, even if you do not need to! Seasonal Affective Disorder is a different, lighter type of depression. Winter is finally here. “People who truly have SAD are just as ill as people with Major Depressive Disorder,” says Brenda McMahon, a psychiatry researcher. “They will have non-seasonal depressive episodes, but the seasonal trigger is the most common. Here are the ”Ways to Eliminate S.A.D. This…
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Depression Doesn’t Happen Just In the Winter. S.A.D.
June 9, 2018
Depression, Emotional, Featured Topics, Mental Health
My Mental Health Is Just As Important as My Physical Health
November 17, 2018 /

Why can’t I take care of myself when I’m depressed? Looking after yourself, or self-care, is vital to physical, emotional and mental well-being. At its most basic, self-care is the ability to handle daily requirements like eating, sleeping, and grooming. It’s also about identifying your unique needs for well-being and taking steps to meet them—like making the time to do things that nurture you, as well as activities that keep you healthy. remember when my depression was at its worst, I slept for hours on end, hardly moving my body at all. I set a goal of just turning over from one side of the bed to the other, then trying to sit up in bed…
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The Way we Communicate with Young People by Text, Saves Lives!
May 7, 2017

How To Encourage Someone To See A Therapist
December 1, 2017

Depression Is Not A Choice
December 2, 2017
Bipolar, Depression, Suicide
My Worst Mania Bipolar Depression Cycle
November 17, 2018 /

I want to show her now that one day she is going to be able to say “I am happy. Life is good.” I came back to visit the forums recently, and I saw all my old posts still here, the history of what was probably my worst mania bipolar depression cycle ten years ago. It started in my teens and I was only correctly diagnosed then, at 47, while incorrect treatment had worsened my condition through the years. Two suicide attempts, countless medication trials and hospitalizations, two failed marriages and numerous years lost to being non-functional.
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You Really Can Be High-Functioning With A Severe Mental Illness
June 11, 2018
medications, Mental Illness, PSTD, Schizophrenia, Suicidal, Suicide
Schizophrenia- A Story Meant to be Painted
October 9, 2018 /

This is a story about my Schizophrenia meant to be painted. The years after college my father passed away on Jan. 2, 2007, due to natural causes and then my sister died the very next day in a car accident on her way to the funeral. I cannot express the pain and anguish that came over me.I suppose all people who are affected by mental illness have that moment when “it” happens—the moment when their condition makes itself known. My moment happened when I was an undergraduate in college. It was in the form of voices, hallucinations and paranoid thoughts that one of my professors was trying to kill me.
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ADHD, Anxiety & Panic Disorders, Bipolar, Depression, Mental Illness
You Really Can Be High-Functioning With A Severe Mental Illness
June 11, 2018 /

We are all around you. We are the walking wounded, the invisibly battle-scarred. You see us every day — in the grocery store, at carpool, at school pickup and dropoff, at PTA meetings, at the gym and at work and at the playground. You probably don’t know that we have a severe mental illness. We don’t plaster in on our foreheads, or go around announcing it. But it’s there. It’s always there. And even as we smile, even as we make small talk, even as we nod along with you; as we raise our kids and do our jobs and have our fun, it’s always there. Always looming. Always dominating everything.…
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Depression, Mental Health, S.A.D., Seasonal Affective Disorder, Therapy
Depression Doesn’t Happen Just In the Winter. S.A.D.
June 9, 2018 /

Here’s What to Know About Summertime Sadness (S.A.D.) June 5, 2018 – While classic winter S.A.D. is confusing, summer SAD is even trickier. By most estimates, between 5% and 10% of the U.S. population experiences S.A.D.,,Seasonal Affective Disorder. But only a small portion of Americans, somewhere around 1% of the total population, have flare-ups in the summertime, says Dr. Norman Rosenthal, a SAD expert and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Whenever it occurs, SAD can be a difficult condition to diagnose. It’s defined as major depression that follows a seasonal pattern for at least two years, according to the National Institutes for Mental Health. But since it’s a subtype…
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What Causes Anxiety and Depression?
March 4, 2018

Depression Is Not A Choice
December 2, 2017

African Americans are particularly at risk for mental illness
July 25, 2017
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Diet Causes Depression, this diet may help.
April 7, 2018 /

April 5, 2018 by DEREK Food – Last week, my Twitter feed was dominated by news about a “new organ” that has recently been discovered. Given how many centuries we’ve been conducting autopsies, this newsflash was rather hard to believe. The interstitium is not new, exactly, but its role has been greatly expanded. Once believed to a dense layer of collagen, it turns out these fluid-filled spaces might aid the spread of cancer tumors to lymph nodes.
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Is Your Teen Depressed, or Just Plain Moody?
March 13, 2017

If you are depressed, how to tell and when to get help
October 13, 2017

Why SelfCare is Hard for Depressed Individuals
March 12, 2017
Anxiety & Panic Disorders, Depression, Emotional, Stress, Trauma
What Causes Anxiety and Depression?
March 4, 2018 /

The Epidemic of Depression We need to change the nature of work, community and wealth distribution. By Michael Bader / AlterNet February 23, 2018, 2:27 PM GMT What causes depression and anxiety? I have been a practicing psychologist and psychoanalyst for almost 40 years and have seen hundreds of patients suffering from both. In my experience, some factors are obvious. People who suffer from depression and anxiety have experienced stresses and traumas in their development that predispose them to mood disorders.
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Overcoming Your Manic, Late Night, Emotional, Compulsive, Eating Habits – Strategically
February 5, 2018

A Great Way To Deal With Anxiety, Mindfulness
May 6, 2017

SIGNS THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU
December 2, 2017
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Reducing Stress At Work
February 13, 2018 /

Stress experts often talk about “setting boundaries” between work and home. But in this day and age of mobile phones and other devices that connect us back to work 24/7/365, how is that even possible? Finding time to reduce your stress right when you get home can help you set these boundaries in a very practical way.
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Depression and suicide among teengirls could be increasing using smartphones
November 21, 2017

It Might Not Look Like Depression, But It Is
July 13, 2017

Women, Men and the Way We Write About Depression
March 12, 2017
Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Olympic Athletes Have Some Crazy Anxiety Dreams
February 11, 2018 /

Everyone Has Anxiety Dreams. Olympic Athletes Have Olympic-Size Ones U.S. winter Olympians — whose sports can defy gravity and involve breakneck speeds on snow and ice — share some of their most common nightmares in a special NPR Up First podcast from Pyeongchang MELISSA BLOCK, NPR FEBRUARY 7, 2018, 1:18 PM Olympic athletes have some crazy anxiety dreams. Here are a few of the big questions hovering over the Pyeongchang Olympics, about to get underway in South Korea.
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SIGNS THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU
December 2, 2017

What Causes Anxiety and Depression?
March 4, 2018

You Really Can Be High-Functioning With A Severe Mental Illness
June 11, 2018